Snape and Lily and Florence and Ginny and . . .

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No: HPFGUIDX 80805

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Deirdre F Woodward" 
<dwoodward at t...> wrote:
> I'm sitting firmly on the WINDOW SILLS and I think there are some 
joiners up here with me.  *waves to other (non) believers*
> 
> Ok.  Where to start.  So far, I've gotten several people defending 
theories for Snape loving Lily (or Florence).  The authors note that 
Snape could hate Harry because Harry is the cause of Lily's death.
> 
> *Why* would Snape love Lily?  What possible plot device could it 
serve?  
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Hi!  New to the group, but this debate made me think of a few things 
I'd written down after reading OOP... see what you think...

Snape is at HogsHead and overhears part of the prophecy before being 
tossed out.  His first thought is how this could rid him of James 
Potter forever – if only


Snape visits Lily and tells her that there's trouble – the Dark Lord 
may be coming after James and he doesn't want to see her hurt.  She 
backs away from him, momentarily, as Harry cries in the background.  
Lily tells Snape to leave.  She will never leave her husband or her 
child.  Snape's respect for Lily grows, as does his hatred for the 
man she married.

Snape tells Voldemort what he had heard, suggesting that even though 
the Longbottom's child may be the one
he feels Potter is the real 
foe.  The Dark Lord sends the LeStrange's to the Longbottom's to 
kill the child.  Neville, who has been hidden away, watches in 
horror as his parents are tortured until they are driven mad.

Realizing what he has done and that Lily may pay the price for his 
vengeance on her husband, Snape goes to Dumbledore, swearing his 
allegiance if only he can stop what is to come.  

Meanwhile Voldemort heads towards the Potter's.  He now knows 
Snape's weakness – Lily.  He has agreed not to hurt the woman, which 
is why he tries to get her out of the way, only she just wouldn't 
let go of her son.  

Snape is devastated, and his hatred of Voldemort is so deep, so 
dark, that he vows to help Dumbledore to rid the world of the Dark 
Lord.  But the Dark Lord is nowhere to be found.  Dumbledore tells 
Snape that he will rise again, and Snape takes a position at 
Hogwarts as the Potions teacher. Now Snape feels an obligation to 
this child whose mother he so loved...

James and Lily Potter had a house-elf.  When their house was 
destroyed and they were murdered.  None of the family were left, and 
Harry had been given to a Muggle relative.  The elf could not follow 
there, so he was asked by Dumbledore to go to work for the Malfoys.

Still feeling the loyalty to this heir many years later, he tries to 
save his life, and in so doing ends up with his own freedom.  He has 
been asked by Harry to never try to save his life again.
Free to do as he chooses, he, Dobby, goes to Dumbledore for a 
position at Hogwarts, where he could watch Harry.

During Harry's time at Hogwarts, a particular teacher got close to 
him – only at the end of the school year did Harry discover he was a 
death eater.  Harry doesn't worry about this person any longer 
because Barty Crouch, Jr. received the dementor's kiss – something 
that sucks the soul out of someone.

Unfortunately, Voldemort knew that his minion would be in trouble 
and Apparated just outside Hogwarts, guised as a dementor.  He had 
no problem getting into the school and pretending to suck the soul 
from Crouch.  This had been his most faithful servant and would be 
rewarded greatly.  Besides, Voldemort has other plans for the boy

plans that may prove to be the end of Harry Potter once and for all.

Voldemort is tired of failure.  He needs successes, so he plans 
carefully.  Barty will take over someone Harry cares for, once again 
using the Polyjuice Potion, and by the end of it all, Harry will 
either have to kill his friend, or be killed.  

Even if Harry survives this round, Voldemort will take advantage of 
the boy's grief to make sure he is `the boy who didn't live'.  

Sorry - lengthy and more than one thought - but it does give a 
thread that would carry throughout the seven books.  

Kate